gary
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bring disney to home
this box arrived today, ordered almost 6 weeks ago , sort of experimentally, since the leggo website has showed it out of stock for the better part of a year. so i clicked on it and live links let me order it and submit a payment method. so i did that, and get an email from leggo the next day telling me it would be delayed but they anticipated shipping in october, 10/6, well it got pushed back a couple weeks later until 10/18, but 2 days ago i received an email advising me of imminent shipping, it left illinois friday evening and arrived today around 1 pm. nice prompt shipping by fedex.
i first got intrigued by these large complex leggo builds several years ago when the taj mahal was on display in the disney springs store, i didn't buy this at the time because i was concerned with the cost, i have now reached a point where i have a little more disposable income, and wonder of wonders, i am not casting covetous eyes upon any photography gear. i have done some recent research and learned a few things, these are called UCS, (ultimate collector series) kits.
the ucs kits are very large both in number of pieces, 4080 in this case, and in finished size. this one is over 2 feet tall at the towers, about 20x20 at the base. the largest ucs kit is a star wars kit, the imperial star destroyer, with over 7000 pieces and a finished size of over 3 feet nose to tail and almost 2 feet wide at the main body.
had i read the reviews ahead of time i might have started with a lesser piece, on the star destroyer page several of the reviewers advise tackling a smaller less complex kit before trying on the star destroyer. i picked this and will do it as my first large build because i think i might be able to have it done by christmas, especially with a 4 day weekend at thanksgiving wherein i go absolutely nowhere anyway. the kit most recommended to start with is the jawa sand crawler, which is unfortunately a retired piece, although plentiful on eBay, but at list price. so that'll probably be my next one, should be able to also do that one this winter. eventually my plan should i like doing these, and i suspect i will since i always enjoyed to make the models when i was a boy, the attention to every conceivable detail., is to do the 3 other star wars kits, the millennium falcon, the death star, and the grand daddy of them all, the imperial star destroyer, with a possible side detour to do the hogwarts castle, another really large impressive piece. and eventually it's companion piece, the brand new issue diagon alley
groundbreaking for site development on the dining room table is expected to start tomorrow, with construction slated to begin around 11/1
i will post occasional updates and a full photo spread of the completed project


this box arrived today, ordered almost 6 weeks ago , sort of experimentally, since the leggo website has showed it out of stock for the better part of a year. so i clicked on it and live links let me order it and submit a payment method. so i did that, and get an email from leggo the next day telling me it would be delayed but they anticipated shipping in october, 10/6, well it got pushed back a couple weeks later until 10/18, but 2 days ago i received an email advising me of imminent shipping, it left illinois friday evening and arrived today around 1 pm. nice prompt shipping by fedex.
i first got intrigued by these large complex leggo builds several years ago when the taj mahal was on display in the disney springs store, i didn't buy this at the time because i was concerned with the cost, i have now reached a point where i have a little more disposable income, and wonder of wonders, i am not casting covetous eyes upon any photography gear. i have done some recent research and learned a few things, these are called UCS, (ultimate collector series) kits.
the ucs kits are very large both in number of pieces, 4080 in this case, and in finished size. this one is over 2 feet tall at the towers, about 20x20 at the base. the largest ucs kit is a star wars kit, the imperial star destroyer, with over 7000 pieces and a finished size of over 3 feet nose to tail and almost 2 feet wide at the main body.
had i read the reviews ahead of time i might have started with a lesser piece, on the star destroyer page several of the reviewers advise tackling a smaller less complex kit before trying on the star destroyer. i picked this and will do it as my first large build because i think i might be able to have it done by christmas, especially with a 4 day weekend at thanksgiving wherein i go absolutely nowhere anyway. the kit most recommended to start with is the jawa sand crawler, which is unfortunately a retired piece, although plentiful on eBay, but at list price. so that'll probably be my next one, should be able to also do that one this winter. eventually my plan should i like doing these, and i suspect i will since i always enjoyed to make the models when i was a boy, the attention to every conceivable detail., is to do the 3 other star wars kits, the millennium falcon, the death star, and the grand daddy of them all, the imperial star destroyer, with a possible side detour to do the hogwarts castle, another really large impressive piece. and eventually it's companion piece, the brand new issue diagon alley
groundbreaking for site development on the dining room table is expected to start tomorrow, with construction slated to begin around 11/1
i will post occasional updates and a full photo spread of the completed project

